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Guidelines on trading of Currency Options on
Recognised Stock / New Exchanges
Attention of Authorised Dealers Category – I (AD Category – I) banks is invited to the Foreign Exchange Management (Foreign Exchange Derivative Contracts) Regulations, 2000 dated May 3, 2000 [Notification No. FEMA/25/RB-2000 dated May 3, 2000], as amended from time to time and A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 05 dated August 6, 2008 in terms of which persons resident in India were permitted to participate in the currency futures market in India subject to directions contained in the Currency Futures (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2008.
2. In order to expand the existing menu of exchange traded hedging tools, it was announced in the Monetary Policy Statement 2010-11 (para 62) that recognised stock exchanges would be permitted to introduce plain vanilla currency options on spot US Dollar/ Rupee exchange rate for residents. Accordingly, it has been decided to permit trading of currency options on spot USD-INR rate in the currency derivatives segment of the stock exchanges, recognized by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). The currency options market would function subject to the directions, guidelines, instructions, rules, etc issued by the Reserve Bank and the SEBI from time to time.
3. Persons resident in India are permitted to participate in the currency options market, subject to the directions contained in the Exchange Traded Currency Options (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2010, [Notification No.FED.01 / ED (HRK)-2010 dated July 30, 2010] (Directions) issued by the Reserve Bank of India, a copy of which is annexed (Annex-I).
4. Necessary amendments to Foreign Exchange Management (Foreign Exchange Derivatives Contracts) Regulations, 2000 (Notification No. FEMA.25/RB-2000 dated May 3, 2000) (Regulations) have been notified in the Official Gazette vide G.S.R. No. 635(E) dated July 27, 2010, a copy of which is annexed (Annex-II).
Source: A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 05 dated 30th July 2010